this vote was done during the government shutdown and the nsa spying scandal going on and i mean putin is autocratic. he doesn't really answer to anybody and he could be in power until 2026. >> obama had been number one in the prior survey. >> yes. >> as you say, there may be some function of when the polling was actually done and also the fact that putin seemingly maybe outflanked the president over syria which happened in september. >> i would guess that has a huge impact. also one of the criteria they use to vote on this list is, how freely people wield their power and putin seems unconstrained. >> let's talk about newcomers and women. how many women are on the list and who are the most noteble? >> there are nine women on the list this year, up i believe from six last year and there were only three on the list are inaugural year and one of those women is a newcomer, janet yellen, the presumptive new chair of the federal reserve. there are also two africans on the list for the first time ever, including africa's richest man, $16 billion, akeel degota who made his fortune in cement, b